Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-04-30
ARIZONA.

Ills Great Forests of Pine Timber-Enoush
 10 supply the Home Demand Tor
 Thousand Ycars-M iliion>"t Feet snip
 ned out of the Territory southern cal
 if,rnia Receives Her share In Fruit
 Boxes Etc.
 AL tin-p-r 10 Los Angeles TrIbuue.)
 "Vbe stone wh ch She builders rejected tbe same is become the head of the cor ner." This quotation is @ very suitable text fs- the timber article n our series of letters on AriZ0ul.
 F-lrn the tongue and pen ot ignorant srI rrk;rd critics blvo gone forth to tbe Eerls rtterauces to The effect that arizrun is a waterie.s waste. Q barren desert, @ suUburued anl trccl-ss plain, eul other uncalled-f1r cEpres sions cal. culltsd .o preindice those who here and there read such sentences.
 Tn. cit .Zs;s of this hack-icor neigh blr of California are, Of course, familiar with the facts relating to the great and varied resources oftbeir adopted home. and right heartily do they appreciate tbe good will of The Tribune in beeom- ing. fiyu-atiyciy speaking, the pulpit from which the apostles of that ne ~lfctc1 country are allowed 70 speak to trs woslI tue sober truth. Twenty thousand square miles ls a large extent rf c1uutr-. Ml=-gchusst.s, C1nDec'i- c1s. New Jersey, Rhode I-lsuC and Deia- vg-e. ali combined !u ore body, wcIid r.r-s tls causiiara5ic area of Co tr1iie over y3 ItJ gas-. mI..-.
 N-w, rlr.fuI'y road md seriously rr,-.tpr over f.. following stEtayu ut. lf au tEe tilr far..t ta, every way suitable Co brss~ed into 'uuher, exist -- ia tl, Territory 0t A~.EJLs cOuid be tianstisnta" (. tse above States, fher. would sc.-c-.- be rGou enough '-s. a1 ths 0r'G- tor.r- for Ullls md -a-iz ,l EE.Cl 'H Ll4i.r ;Ee logs and i--lH-r taken from the samr.
 Twenty thagss2d sgng,e miles of fine usr.hau sabl- ri-- iCW1~r is tne right 'g' l-rit-s- f-ru h.un'i'ul nature G. t.a c.r5Z -fs that NuE rra and tn'se that -- C. Le.uu. dwgi'-r Iu that land of promise. This x a1 average of about one 4..e. r1v.-.a v..h elegant line iiw ...-. ,r -.ch SIX acres cf other isuc. -.fis about one g. .-rs lt the other SIX ecr,s ls covered v.-I -crUb oak, ne .Tli.-. .s-. cottonwood, alder, willow, ..f HH..a N...a.N aA A-. ..sA -.'a :a and oile- T1rTo7es. tHe cc1ar and ll-lT-r orlus especially suited Tor fence p1sis and other U-es where timber that does net quickly decay Is required. The largest body ot tImu-r Is sitult-d Ic the nortEsrn and central psIt- Oi the Territory, along what IS known Hs the Mng0.l1n aci San Francisco noun rsi-s. The extent u' tlT- grand forest 15 T.re B.. Cu au average. 2.u miles lu uE;lApd IiflY mlie5 lu width. Asuy aaysr lJn-uey K required .G pGss through ia 1engjh. ihe stiffness of l'7 great depyh7 ha5 been bJt ? gently disturbed. ,gifiy by winds and tle movements Of tlris cod winch i5r gsasrati1us past lsv1 held peaceful ru-sJssion of the same.
 Rare t.-ls of beauty. native oaly to sUluy ciimss, 1.ss -l Isls ID, the midst
 i.s friendly coughs. Wild turkeys Q large fieeks are often found and be- come ready prey to the practical hunts- man. Bear and mountain lion. and sometimes elk, are found in the depths of this great forest. Bat a chsrge oi scene has taken place ead the peaceful dreams of the hitherto sleeping forest are lw being broken. The echo ut the exerrau is heard Gpru 'ts borders as the lofty trees yield t1 hl7 sturdy blows.
 The bvZZ Cf r~s- sars under the management or tEe ul-.MeI II mauu- fac-grlr. lumber ly5 now familiar sounds and -ixl.s Hs tEe edge of this r..a' W.'3eTus "a. Iv=E :l ly-u Gor7a, the advance cavalry guard co our high e-t oTder of civilization, has planted bis heavy ho.fs CD ths northern border e' this tim5cr belt as he has west ward marched for empire. S1uthvGri through tho length of .hls grand timber IIr- hl- heavy tread g daily hea-d s.s D. IS u!og-ug Ei- way tO the plains and fruit .gul- below. From tlagstsff, a station on fEe Atlantic Eui paCiG. Railroad, near the curthcrn border 0f tLl= timber belt tbe i7ube- entering into the con- structlon of the Mexican Central kli- ro.d, os about 13D0 miles iu length. was sawed ard shipped. Into New Mexico Hnl California also are the products Of 'hls forest shipped for domestic par poses X railroad i- now being con- s'rUctei soGthvg-l thg0ugh ta!s forest ultimately to reach Globe, with ia Iirl coal and copper surroundings, bnI -harCe into the val 'y- ct the Sal and VI Naa A....IA AaHaA .Ha..1 NA 'ruit and gram.
 So immensely lg-Ce is this one forest alone, lt IS estimated on good authority that it wIil produce ,l tlc course Oi time rt0r' iit-eu billion fee. ot l-mn5r. i.lCUutU feet per dEy c0-it te sawed rG' shipEr' from i-is piue-y r=rret- raI'y. it v71.l require 0 period 0f about .E1 years tns.li and ua-ke.gIl the trees there growing.
 Wespeak more nc length ot this great -iraas '-.f .ersGse g- 's ths largest and JcC-tI--.. .rt cf fl. Che many i9r.sts yi'liu sal limits ot tiis coming great country. rera--ig recovered from the wild reign lf th- Az;erS and Iaiiaus.
 Ita other -.rr7.s r.F located iI tle various Ca.ufI.s. convenient fer use as 'te fuCu-rrE settlers m ay ueeI mater rsi for inning and building purposes
 Ita=e forests are foauI growing Et -hr L-u5.s average level above the ssl only ugE and ti.u iHftv Epuutgiu r-LE .if;i-,l-s head above tle tops of tE. l-.,s. The timber has Is- home ou -Lg g1 u-taIu -ii..a and 70 t-c elevated -ai ays ir tl. mountain ranges. Very lr..e ii a-y Ult-r.rg-s ,s discovered ID 'l' pru- i"s,s.s
 JE- i-ess are --uC-Els ,ah and a--s.r .rbt ar3 iuH,.- many feet from tL- ground upwards. Il -l.c trs range from 'l.f ri H ,-.u.- .Hf. e. riHme.yr e E fr-t Lh- GTaI.v -s excellent. ...-r et -i- r.r.- a'i yellow varieties rn rl.ss p4-t. ia r-a brief as-c.e ,f i.= chan @ cl.u-1 .I le--.I Ws can cL.y toIsa tLa b1-ot- O. 'Es osrld sub .-c. of tla vast timber wealth Ut this A-rz7-e c1u1try, b-, "a ~O-i to the wise i= sufficient"
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